M83

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy · NGC 5236

Constellation

Hydra

Shape

Spiral

Magnitude

7.6

Size

11.2′

Position

13h 37m, −29.9°

Distance

16.8 ± 1.0 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M83

Further info

NASA: Messier 83

NED: M83

SIMBAD: M83

Wikipedia: Messier 83

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M83, NGC 5236 — Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: W. Blair (STScI/Johns Hopkins University) and R. O’Connell (University of Virginia)